Faith of a Father

   Imagine you are a father. You have a son whom you love dearly. You work hard to teach your son the ways of God and teach him the ways to make a living. Then, one day, the unthinkable happens. God tells you to sacrifice your son to Him. What are you thinking about at this point?
   More than likely you are thinking what Abraham was thinking, because, this did happen to Abraham. He was called by God to sacrifice his son. God promised Abraham that He would make him a great nation. Yet, God was telling Abraham to kill the way that Abraham thought he would receive the promise.
   If you were in Abraham's situation, what would you do? I am sure you would want to cry out to God and wonder why? You may even think I'm not giving up my son. How can a loving God even ask me to do that? The answer is God was testing Abraham.
   Throughout Abraham's life he chose to do what he thought was right in order to preserve himself. He did not always follow what God wanted him to do. God had to be sure that Abraham finally trusted Him enough to give up everything in order to follow Him.
   Would you have had the faith Abraham had? Will you choose to trust God when tests and trials come?

   Genesis 22, James 1:12, Romans 12:12

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